Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-25
Rich American Wome n.

Washington Post Hetty Green Is
credited with being the most of capital
ist OF her sex IN the United States. Her
wealth would foot up from $35, 900, 900 to
$50, ,000,0 600, l suppose. She inherited
$l3,OO0,0OO, married 81, ,000, 900, and has
made the rest by shrcwd fnanciering.
Another clear headed woman is Miss
Elizabeth Garrett, who must have
$50, ,O00.0 600 or more and who knows how
to take care of it. She was her fathers
private secretary for years and under
stands Baltimore & Ohio stock as we'll as
anybody. Miss Garrett is not rs rich as
she would be If she were less charitable.
She never filings money away recklessly,
but expends larger sums with discrlmin-
phlanthropic projects. Mrs. Mark Hop
kins is richer than Miss Garrett though
her neighbors the village folk, are less
enthusiastic about her than they used to
be before she put up high fence or
Chinese wall about that g., 900, 900 palace
of hers at Great harrington. Mrs Hop
kins is not worth less than $50, 900, 900 or
s35, ,OOO, 900 probably, and she, too, is noted
for her charity. Mrs Emily IL. Moir, the
heir of the Morgan property, pays the
largest personal assessment of any
woman in New York, and Mrs. Sarah H.
Green comes next to her. Mrs. John
Jacob Astor has tidy sum of from
$7,CO0,O00 to $0,000,00O.
Rich New York widows estimated from
$1,000, 600 to IS, 900, 900 abound, and there
are some hundreds of unmarried women
under thirty who have from $1O0, 900 up
wards in their own name. Mrs. w. E.
Dodge has invested her money well and
it amounts to 81. 600, 900 perhaps. Com
modore Vanderbllt's widow has some
thing more than double what he left her.
Mrs. Robert Goelet aud Clarkson Pot
ter's widow are. not poor. Miss Nav
Callendre must be worth a million. rhe
Misses Leary and the Misses Furniss, of
Fifth avenue, have large incomes. Miss
Adele Grant, who has been starring 1t,
with Miss Winslow for foil, has $7OO, 900
Or s m Mrs ,r Langty has aha qt n3ye abSys
has money. Miss Grace H. Dodge has a
fortune of her own. Mrs. Frank Leslie
must have 81, ,OO0.O 900. Mrs. Hicks.L Lord
has several millions.
There are some married women in New
York who have private fortunes. Mrs.
Whitney has plenty OF money and will
money with ID. q. Mills daughter, and
Mayor Hewitt his with Peter Cooper's
daughter.
A rich New Englander is Mrs. Sutton,
of Peabody. Mass. Her husband left her
s5,0O0,OO0. She has made it not far from
$6,OOO,0O0. She has not had happy
heart broke his collarbone half dozen
times falling from ottomans and chairs,
and finally broke his neck falling from a
Shetland pony. She has endowed q
magnificent reference library room in
the Peabody library, founded by George
Peabody. and her boys picture. framed
erick Lenoir, of Springfield. is another
rich Bay state woman. owning perhaps
$4,000, 900. Agassiz's daughter, Mrs
Shaw, of Boston, is made wealthy by hel
husbands gifts, and supports great mum
bers of free kindergartens.
One of the wealthlest Baltimore danes
is Mrs. Hutton, daughter of Thomas
Winans. She has $12.OOO,OOO or more
Mrs. Sarah McEvoy, of Chicago, ha
half that, perhaps. Mrs. c. II. McCor
mick, of Chicago. has about that much
The Drexel sisters, of Philadelphia
have some millions apiece, and tn
widow OF Tom Scott, the railroad soa pres
dent, had $4,OOO,O 900 or $4,000, 900 left he
rich Philadelphia widows and some goo,
catches among the heiresses. Miss Ellie
ErDen, for instance has a big income
Miss Lillian Reeves and Miss Hello
Rives, late settlers in the city OF broth
erly love- M have n1 not less than A q 200; 900 o0o .
money.
Washington is not city Of rich womer
but there are several who hav
$1,000, 900, some who have more than thu
sum. 1t would be hard, indeed. to find
city IN the United States which has nc
women whose property lists reckon u
good sums, Major Burke wife of Ne
Orleans, and Mrs. Nicholson. editor an
owner of the Picayune of that city, al
rich southern ladies, and Miss Celest
Stauifer, 10 whom Tilden left 800, ,OOO
one of the prettiest and brightest youn
women of that city as well.
Mrs. Alvinza Hayward, wife of the Sa
Francisco capitalist, has $3, ,000, 900 whiC
her husband gave her in her own nam
Her married experience has been
checkered one. She married Heywal
not long after he began life with 800 ar
his freedom suit and was left behind
Minnesota while her husband went we
to look for gold. She did not hear fro
him for pumber of years, and 1t is I
ported that he said she never would ha
heard from him if he had not struck
rich. He got down to his last dolla
borrowed from Flood or some of I
bonanza men to put into mine that I
some reason he had faith in. struck pa
dirt, divided up handsomely with
henefactor. and all went merry, thoui
some of the younger men have heap
ND bigger piles since. Hayward dOesl
believe in extravaganza, so he launch
his son with $4,000 only when he cal
of age.
There are number of cattle quee
who have made money. Mrs. Henry
Meredith, of Cambridge City, Ind, }
inherited famous stock farm from
husband, who in turn received 1t frt
General Sol Meredith, his father. nj
Meredith is an authority in her busine
and was the only woman present at
annual meeting of the Indiana Shortho
Breeders association at Indianapoll
few weeks ago. Miss Anne Thomas,
Billings, Mo-, has big ranch and I
paying mines near Butte City, NJ
made million. Mrs. Bishop Iliff w
rem, who got her money from Iliif,
Colorado, cattle king, is weali
woman. She manages her ranch p
sonally, and shows excellent judgme
Prima donnas one takes for grant
Patti gave. million francs to M.